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orlilan Joined: 05 Dec 2007 Posts: 3	Posted: Thu May 01, 2008 4:03 am    Post subject: ADA, adaptability in residential project- NYC Hi. I have come across a "handicap detail sheet" of a project which has excerpts from the ADA design guidelines but also other excerpts, the source of which I am trying to figure out. These other excerpts are identical in font, graphics language and any other way to the ADA document (the online ADA design guidelines are identical to the print copies us architects have in our offices). But, they describe adaptable designs including bathrooms and kitchens (including, for example, shaded patches on bathroom interior elevations where wall reinforcement is required for future grab bars) The ADA design guidelines does not describe adaptable design (they only define it), but only accessible design. My question is, where did these excerpts come from. I need to clip them into drawings for my own residential project. Thanks very much.
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phansford Joined: 18 Apr 2004 Posts: 488 Location: SW Ohio	Posted: Thu May 01, 2008 10:33 am    Post subject: Single residential units in multi-family housing are governed by FHAG (Fair Housing Accessible Guidelines). The Fair Housing Act is implemented and governed by HUD. The website for HUD and Fair Housing laws is http://www.hud.gov/offices/fheo/FHLaws/index.cfm An on-line design manual can be found at http://www.huduser.org/publications/destech/fairhousing.html The federal register document has been put on line at http://www.hud.gov/offices/fheo/disabilities/fhefhag.cfm If you have real questions contact Cheryl Kent at Fair Housing. I talked to her years ago and she was very helpful. Her phone number is on one of the pages I linked.
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mx2 Joined: 18 Jan 2006 Posts: 1823 Location: Miami, Florida	Posted: Wed May 14, 2008 6:49 pm    Post subject: I had forgotten about this resource,...thanks Phansford. I just dawned on me how little multi-family residential projects I have worked on. One, actually... ...but ADA accessibility is not necessarily something limited to mandated public minimums, so this is a valuable tool that could be applicable in a variety of other private building typologies as well. mx2.5 _________________ *Art of Architecture: The conscious use of skill and creative imagination in the production of an aesthetic building. *Science of Architecture: The calculated use of technical skill and knowledge in the construction of a functional building.
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